Unrelenting laziness

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

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And it comes! Read Russian fairy tales. Even to Ilya Muromets, who was in bed for thirty years and three years, "transitional kaliki" came, put him on his feet and sent him to perform "feats of arms." So this is a miracle hero! With the rest, happiness is stricter. Ivan Tsarevich wandered wherever in search of one and only Koscheev's egg. Poor Alyonushka and Nastenka can't manage to get married calmly: now a kid must be turned into a brother, then a terrible monster with a scarlet flower must be loved! What can we say about Ivanushka the fool: kill the Snake Gorynych, and deceive Baba-Yaga, and keep the girl-turtledove, just bring "that - I don't know what!"

But, nevertheless, contrary to the eternal image of a Russian peasant in sandals and on the stove, I read the real hymn of laziness not in Russian, but in Czech folklore! Brilliant: a certain Gonzik was told that he would kill a dragon and marry a princess. Reasoning that once they guessed it would come true, Gonzik calmly lay down on the couch in anticipation of his happy fate. In general, the dragon eats the people, the daughter has sat up in brides, and the predicted hero does not move. And then the king himself dragged the dragon to the stove of Gonzik, put a stick in his hands and asked for a long time to hit the twisted beast. The lucky man resisted, but knocked. And then he was taken to the princess, whom he married, although he was also too lazy. Here is such a correct prediction.

And they also talk about lying stones …

One day, representatives of a political party came to the journalism department to look for a press secretary for their presidential candidate. We were looking for a young student of the 4th or 5th year. They did not find it, they despaired and turned home. And suddenly, on the stairs, a charming red-haired creature appeared to them - my friend Ksenia, who was in her third year and did not belong to the required sex. But the guests looked and decided that it was a beautiful girl who should represent the interests of their leader. So Ksyusha "entered big politics." Needless to say, the advertisement for the student journalist was extremely profitable. It all started with the fact that she skipped the second half of the lecture and accidentally found herself on the steps of the faculty.

This is what I call "good laziness." But be careful! The constant application of this principle smells of carelessness and leads to a happy ending less often than purposeful efforts. Therefore, laziness must be strictly dosed - since you cannot get rid of it. But to dose does not mean to reduce. You just have to be lazy on time and wisely.

You can be lazy:

1. When creative work is ahead, but there is no inspiration. Real creators, in this case, do not call the computer screen with their eyes, but watch TV, read fiction and communicate with friends. And then "it" comes: at midnight, at three in the morning, in the morning - it doesn't matter. It's just that a creative person feels "this", sits down at the computer and gives birth to a masterpiece. And let his head burst later from lack of sleep - the regime of the day is not for him.

2. When is the day off. Psychologists have deduced such a phenomenon - "weekend frustration." This is when nothing works on Sunday and the brains refuse to work. It would seem - so much time, you can redo a bunch of things that have never been done before! Delusion! Better not to try. And then on Monday night, having donated some TV show and two hours of sleep, to finish the same "heap". I do not know a more gentle way of fighting laziness - only to submit to it.

3. If you really do not want to do anything. Well, it happens. But you, as a conscientious person, do not succumb to laziness, collect all your will and sit down for … (depending on who is doing what). Checked - useless. And she seemed to be asleep normally, and nothing hurts, but my head does not understand well, and there is no mood and the work is not done. Well, I don’t want to. Here it is better to surrender without resistance. This means that today is not destiny. It will be done tomorrow, and much more successful. Maybe magnetic storms. Maybe the pressure dropped. I have to drink some coffee. With candy. And then lie down. With a magazine. But such people are not capable of being lazy for a long time with laziness for "you". They, hard workers, have an organism tuned in to action.

4. If the exam is on the nose. Exam preparation is a topic for a separate conversation. But those who write cheat sheets, and those who courageously cram all the tickets, and those who do not prepare in any way, agree on one thing: the evening before the exam should be spent quietly and pleasantly and must have a good night's sleep. Go to bed early, get up later. To make a beautiful complexion and mind as clear as glass. Then there are more chances when answering something to remember, figure out, overhear or just write off.

5. When you are sick. You can lie in bed and no one will say a word to you. It's almost the same when expecting a baby. During this period, everything is possible! (just don’t drink, don’t smoke and don’t carry string bags with potatoes).

6. When behind - hard but successfully completed work or study. After the session, I drop out of life for several days. I lock myself in the room, reread the women’s magazines I’ve memorized, and surround myself with chocolate and nuts. And I get used to the blissful state that nothing needs to be done! That everything has already been done. And that legal right has been acquired for laziness. Here it is, happiness. And after a while I leave the underground, and with my friends we go to celebrate the end of the session. For this, you also need to replenish your strength.

You can't be lazy:

1. When she promised something. At this point, break into a cake - but to get the job done, even if. True, feeling the importance of your work, laziness usually retreats on its own. Realizing that nothing shines for her here.

2. When an important event is ahead, which in no case should be left to chance. For example, an interview, a speech, or a demanding job. It is possible to rely on "maybe", but it threatens to fail. And then there will be no other excuse, except that because of stupid laziness I missed a very good chance. They also come to an end someday.

3. When the delivery of the course is on the nose, and you still have not rolled a horse. Here, the expectation of "that very inspiration" will not work - you have to take yourself by the collar and drag you to the textbooks. Putting off the course book until the last, you, in the end, take on it. And from the very first minutes you understand that if you had a little more time, it would have turned out more interesting and balanced, and everyone would have gasped, and you would have been filled with self-respect. But you have to stupidly fill the required volume by rewriting books - and torment yourself with remorse for unrestrained laziness.

4. When the thought more and more often comes that life with its cute details is passing by, dissolving in completely unnecessary, insignificant matters. And that while you were resting every evening after work or study near the TV, your friend learned Italian in the course, learned to dance the mamba, or got three times higher. Thanks to this, she changed her job, along with her - and the salary, and then the way of life - to a more intense and bright one. And it seemed like they started the same way.

When such signals are heard more and more often, it means it's time to get up and go somewhere. Go to the cinema for new impressions. To the sports section behind the new waist. In DK for new knowledge. Or just put on your sneakers and run around in the stadium. It is proven that sports not only train the body, but also add mental alertness. But the most radical weapon in the fight against laziness is envy. Envy of others' successes and someone else's happiness. This is how one bad feeling triumphs over the other. The main thing is to remember: you have to be lazy wisely.

Elena Zverlova

7.05.01